Changes

And what you've had is, after the maneuver phase, when Saddam's regime fell, which was an excellent campaign, and then now, in fact, now, in the country with the counterinsurgency efforts, excellent work being done by our military, but the transition between maneuver combat and counterinsurgency today gave some breathing time to these internal insurgents and external foreign fighters that now put those things together and are being used against our forces and others today in Iraq, because they had too much time to breathe and get reorganized.</i></ref>

And what you've had is, after the maneuver phase, when Saddam's regime fell, which was an excellent campaign, and then now, in fact, now, in the country with the counterinsurgency efforts, excellent work being done by our military, but the transition between maneuver combat and counterinsurgency today gave some breathing time to these internal insurgents and external foreign fighters that now put those things together and are being used against our forces and others today in Iraq, because they had too much time to breathe and get reorganized.</i></ref>

* [[Gadhafi]] [Qaddafi, Khadafy] [[Libya]]n dictator (2011).<ref>[http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/04/10/libya.war/index.html S. African president: Gadhafi accepts terms of agreement] - CNN, Apr 10, 2011.

* [[Gaddafi]] [Qaddafi, Khadafy] [[Libya]]n dictator (2011).<ref>[http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/04/10/libya.war/index.html S. African president: Gadhafi accepts terms of agreement] - CNN, Apr 10, 2011.

<blockquote>NATO says Gadhafi's forces are using civilians as human shields.</blockquote></ref><ref>[https://www.today.com/video/gadhafi-forces-continue-to-attack-rebels-45142595719 Gadhafi forces continue to attack rebels] Today, NBC, March 20, 2011.

<blockquote>NATO says Gadhafi's forces are using civilians as human shields.</blockquote></ref><ref>[https://www.today.com/video/gadhafi-forces-continue-to-attack-rebels-45142595719 Gadhafi forces continue to attack rebels] Today, NBC, March 20, 2011.

<i>NBC’s Jim Maceda, reporting from Tripoli, says that the Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi is desperate to take control of Misurata, the largest rebel-controlled city near Tripoli, possibly using civilians as human shields.</i></ref><ref>[https://nypost.com/2011/03/22/khadafy-forces-civilians-into-target-city-as-attacks-devastate-hq/amp/ Khadafy forces civilians into target city as attacks devastate HQ] New York Post, Mar 22, 2011.

<i>NBC’s Jim Maceda, reporting from Tripoli, says that the Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi is desperate to take control of Misurata, the largest rebel-controlled city near Tripoli, possibly using civilians as human shields.</i></ref><ref>[https://nypost.com/2011/03/22/khadafy-forces-civilians-into-target-city-as-attacks-devastate-hq/amp/ Khadafy forces civilians into target city as attacks devastate HQ] New York Post, Mar 22, 2011.

<i>The erratic ruler has threatened to use civilians as human shields against attack. (REUTERS).</i></ref>

<i>The erratic ruler has threatened to use civilians as human shields against attack. (REUTERS).</i></ref>

*[[Syria]], [[Basher al- Assad]].<ref>[https://www.hrw.org/news/2012/03/25/syria-local-residents-used-human-shields Syria: Local Residents Used as Human Shields], HRW, Mar 25, 2012.

*[[Syria]], [[Bashar al-Assad]].<ref>[https://www.hrw.org/news/2012/03/25/syria-local-residents-used-human-shields Syria: Local Residents Used as Human Shields], HRW, Mar 25, 2012.

<i>Reports of Residents Forced to March in Front of Soldiers in Idlib – Syrian government forces have endangered local residents by forcing them to march in front of the army during recent arrest operations, troop movements, and attacks on towns and villages in northern Syria.

<i>Reports of Residents Forced to March in Front of Soldiers in Idlib – Syrian government forces have endangered local residents by forcing them to march in front of the army during recent arrest operations, troop movements, and attacks on towns and villages in northern Syria.